TUTORIAL

1. Welcome, this is Terry Ewell. Study #16 stresses excellent
finger
work. The sixteenth note runs should be fluid and with even finger
motions. Fast moving 16th notes are best mastered with rhythms that
emphasize multiple quick notes. The dotted rhythms, for instance, will
not help us to master this study well.

3. Sprints are another excellent way to master the study. In
fact,
this is the best practice method to use in this study. Line 5 in the
study, for instance, presents some difficult finger combinations. Here
is a sequence of sprints to practice for the first measure. Practice
each sprint until you have mastered it in a tempo faster than what you
will need to perform. Notice that I start from the end of the section
and add more notes working backwards in the music.

6. If you are unable to play the passage in lines 6-8 in one
breath,
I have suggested breaths at the beginning of lines 7 and 8. Neither of
these breaths is ideal, however, since breathing there will delay the
downbeats.

REFLECTION REFLEXIÓN

Soli Deo Gloria (To the Glory
of God Alone)

7. Weissenborn indicated his faith in God with his selection
of the
hymn tune in his Trio. Johann Sebastian Bach provided evidence of his
faith in almost every musical work he wrote. He wrote the initials "S.
D. G." at the end of all his church compositions and many of his
secular works. This is an abbreviation for Soli Deo Gloria,
a Latin phrase that means “to the glory of God
alone.”

8. Bach didn’t just express his faith in public,
there were
many examples of his private devotion to God as well. One of my prized
books is a copy of pages from Bach’s Bible. In the Bible are
his
underlinings, comments, and margin notes. Despite his very busy work
schedule and the demands of a large family, Bach still made time to
read the Bible. His notes in this book show his devotion to learning
more about God.